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ATTOR/VE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL MARIA DANNER, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUN GARY.

PERFORATIING-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,106, dated August 29, 1893.

Application filed March 19, 1888- Serial No. 267,612. (No model.) Patented in Austria-Hungary October 16, 1887, No. 20,065 and No. 48,177; in Germany February 4,1888,N0. 45,939; in Spain February 10,1888,No. 7,885; in England February 13,1888, No. 2,174; in Belgium February 15, 1888, No. 80,486; in Norway March 26,1888,No. 946; in $weden March 28, 1888,1Io. 1,822; in Italy April 8, 1888, XXI, 23,022, and XLV, 830; in France April 18, 1888, No. 188,618; in Denmark August 3,

1888, No. 785, and in Switzerland April 6, 1889, No. 1,686.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL MARIA DANNER,

' asubject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary,

residing atthe city of Vienna, in the Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Perforating-Stamps, (for which I have received Letters Patent in Austria-lungary, dated October 16, 1887, No. 20,065 and No. 48,177, Reg. Tom. 37/2064 and 21/2013; in Germany, dated February 4, 1888, No. 45,939; in France, dated April 18, 1888,No. 188,618; in Belgium, dated February 15, 1888, No. 80,486; in Italy, dated April 3, 1888, Reg. Gen, Vol. XXI, No. 23,022; and Reg. Glbh., Vol. XLV. No. 330; in Sweden, dated March 28, 1888, No. 1,822; in Norway, dated March 26, 1888, N0. 945; in Denmark, dated August 3, 1888, No. 785; in Spain, dated February 10, 1888, Libro 6, folio 185, No. 7,885; in Switzerland, dated April 6, 1889, No. 1,686, and in England, dated February 13, 1888, No. 2,174 and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and improved machine for punching, perforating or marking railway, steamer or other tickets in such a manner as to clearly designate the purpose for which they were issued and the distance for which they are valid, and also to provide at the same time a duplicate of the marked or punched ticket to facilitate auditing the accounts of the person selling the ticket.

The invention consists in the combination with a supporting plate, of a punch holder,

two groups of punches in the same, a cutting device between the groups of punches, a ticket adjuster and a ticket shifter. I v

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as

will be fully described and set forth hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of myimproved machine for punching or marking tickets, parts being broken out and the top or cover removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line a: as Fig. 1, parts being omitted. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line to w w to, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the hand lever, parts being brokenout. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the top plate on the line '0 c, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of the punching device, parts being omitted and others broken out. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the ticket adjusting slide and its looking mechanism, parts being in section. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the spring locking pawl for the ticket adjusting slide, parts being in section. Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of the ticket adjusting slide. Fig. 10 is a vertical cross section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a cross sectional view on line no, Fig. 1. Figs. 12 and 13 are opposite views of the ticket to be punched by my improved machine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The working mechanism is supported on a top-plate A, resting on a box A, containing the drawer A divided by a longitudinal parprovided with a hinged section B ,theswinging edge of said hinged section forming the bottom part of the slot B.

In standards O,on the ends of the top plate, the shaft 0 is mounted to turn, said shaft being bent at the ends between the two standards to form a crank, as shown in Fig. 3. On one end of the shaft 0 the handle 0 is secured. To said handle the bar 0 is pivoted, which extends downward into a guide 0, fixed in one end of the box, said bar being provided with a pin 0 working in a suitable slot 0 of the guide. The bar 0 is provided in one edge with a notch 0 having a top beveled edge O which can act on a roller D on one end of a lever D, pivoted on the topplate A, below the covering plate B, to swing horizontally.

Around the pivot of the lever D a spring D is coiled, one end of the spring resting on said lever and pressing the end opposite the one carrying the roller D in the direction of the arrow 13, Fig. 1, said end of the lever being provided with a tongue that passes into a notch of the slide E on the under side of the covering plates B B Said slide is provided with an arm E, having at its end an upwardly projecting lug E passing through a transverse slot in the hinged section B of the cover, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Said slide is also connected with a rule E mounted to slide on the top of the cover E the pin E connecting it with the slide E, passing through a transverse slot in I the cover, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. From the slide E two arms E projectinto the front bottom part of the box cover B, and are providedat their inner ends with the two rules E E extending in opposite directions parallelwith the front of the box-cover Adjacent to the sli'deEtheleverF is pivoted on lugs on the under side of the covering plate B and is provided at its'outer end with a finger plate F, projectingbeyon'd the front edge of the; covering plate, and at the opposite end with a wedge-shaped tooth or projection F which i can pass through the slot F, of the covering plate 13*. The lever D passes through a notchf'G in the top of the sliding block G, 3 mounted to slide below the covering plate B on the top-plate A, the inner end of said sliding block resting against the inclined lug G? fixed on the under side of the hinged covering section B From standards H H on the supporting plate and below the box-cover part B, arms 3 II project and support 'a rail H placed edgej wise parallel with and a short distance back of the front of the box-shapedfcover B. On the front of said rail H a plate H is mounted i to slide longitudinally, suitable jaws on said plate H embracing the edges of the top and bottom of the rail H Said slide-plate H is provided on its under side with a series of teeth H with which a locking tooth or pawl H can engage, that is secured on the end of 5 the spring mm H secured in one of the 2 standards O, as shown in Fig. 3. Said plate i H is provided at eachend with a downwardly projecting lug H extending below the swinging edge of the hinged covering section 13 directly behind the'slot B. One of said lugs ll isprovided with an angular projection H 5 extending through the slot B, and provided in front of the box-shaped cover B with a E handle-piece HZ'shown in Fig. 9. The sliding plate H is provided with an angular lug I, projecting from its back surface and pro-g vided with a "slot 1', into which a pin I passes 1 from a plate I mounted to slide in a lo'ngitudinal groove 1, Fig. 3, in the front of the vertically movable punch holder 1 which is guided at its ends to move vertically in the standards H. By shifting the plate H longitudinally, the plate I is also shifted longitudinally. Said punch-holder contains a series of cylindrical punches J, provided with notches J, and into said notches the flange J of a plate J secured to the back of the punch holder projects and rests against the top of the notches, and on the bottoms of the notches the check-plate J 4 rests, that rests on the top of the guide-plate J having as many apertures as there are punches. Said guideplate J is fixed as shown in Fig. 10, and be low the same a space J is provided in line with the slot B. Below the space J 6 the plate J is provided, which has asrnany femaledies J as there are punches J, directly below said punches. Below the dies J apertures are formed in the top-plate, through which the parts punched out of the tickets can drop, u

said parts being guided by a deflecting plate A into the compartment A of the drawer A Springs K, Fig. 2, each have one end rested on the check-plate J and the other one against the bottom edge of the punch-holder l and tends to press the die holder upward and against the plate K, forming the crank part of the shaft C.

The plate J is provided with a transverse vertical slot, through which the swinging end 'of a blade L can pass, said blade being pivoted outside of the box cover .13 at L; and pressed upward by a spring L secured on the plate J The blade L swings past the fixed blade T.

The dating stamp M, serving to receive different types to impress the date into the ticket, is mounted to slide on the back of the punch-holder 1 one end of an angle-piece N on the top-plate A, behind the dating stamp M, and the other end of the spring acts on a pin of said stamp for the purpose of pressing the stamp upward and against the under side of the plate K.

The ticket to be used is shown in Figs. 12 and 13. On one face, at the top, is printed This side is not valid, See front side. At the bottom of the same face is printed Full fare, Way train, or Express train, drc. On the back, the matter This side is not valid and See frontside is printed at the bottom and the words Half fare, Way train or Express train, '&c., at the top.

The ticket is divided into as manytransverse spaces as there are stations, plus one. As in the ticket shown, there are ten spaces, whereas there are only nine stations on the road or section for which the ticket is printed. On the front the uppermost space is left blank and the stations are printed in their proper order, the main station beingat the bottom. On the back the order is reversed, the main station being at thetop a'nd thebot torn space being blank. 'Th'efronthasa uniform color whereas th e'back of the ticket is divided midway and has different colors.

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The apparatus mayhave any number of punches, and said punches are arranged in two groups at the right and left of the cutting blades-L and T. A suitable mark atm, on the front of the box cover B, shows the position of the cutters, and is to be used as a gage or mark for adjusting the ticket. The top plate A is providedat-the left of the blade with an opening or recess V, through which part of the ticket can drop into the compartment A of the drawer A The ticket shifting slide E is mounted to slide on the pin or guide-piece W, Fig. 10. The operation is as follows :For example, if a person purchases a ticket at Tomona for the distance from Tomona to Her.

mit, Figs. 12 and 13, and said ticket is to be a full fare ticket, the ticket is placed upon the cover B with the side shown in Fig. 12, that is, the side of uniform color and having printed on its lower end Full fare at the top. The ticket also rests upon the hinged cover B That edge of the ticket toward the front of the apparatus rests against the rule E and against the inner edge of the lug E The ticket is also inserted or passed through the slot B so that its edges rest between the lugs H of the slide H the distance between said lugs being exactly equal to the length of the ticket. Then the handle H is grasped, the slide H is moved to the right or left hand until the linebetween Hermit and Gangway, Fig. 12 is in line with the mark an, on the front of the casing B. Thereby the ticket is adjusted. By moving the slide H to the right or left, the plate 1 in the groove 1 in the front of the punch-holder l is moved likewise, and thus said plate 1 is moved to cover the upper ends of some of the punches and leave other punches uncovered, see Fig. 3. The-handle O is then pressed downward and as soon as said handle begins to descend, the

beveled edge C of the notch O acting on the roller D swings the other end of the lever D and the slide E in the inverse direction of the arroww ,and its inner beveled end strikes the angular beveled projection G2 of the hinged part B whereby the said hinged part is raised and prevents the ticket being removed. When the ticket has been moved under the punches, the line between Gangway and Hermit is directly in line with the cutting jaws of the blades L and T, and the stations Jessup, Derford, Konut, Romain, Elburn, Corbin, Adams, and the blank space above Adams are be low punches. There are no punches above Gangway and Hermit, as a blank space is left between the two groups of punches, as shown in Fig. 3. When the handle C is pressed down,the plate K on the shaft 0 presses down the punch holder, and the blade L is pressed down by the punch holder 1 and cuts the ticket on the line between Hermit and Grangway. Those punches upon the upper end of which the platel rests are pressed down and forced through the ticket. The

other punches remain raised. As the punchholder'descends, the plate J also descends and its bottom-flange passes from the upper ends of the notches in the punches to the lower ends of said notches, thus permitting those punches by which the plate I rests to be pressed down. The ticket is thus punched at the stations Elburn, Corbin, Adams, and the blank space above Adams, and Jessup, Derford, Konut, and Romain on the front side, and Romain, F Konut, Derford, Jessup, Elburn, Gorbin, Adams and the blank space adjacent to Adams on the rear side. The plate K also depresses the dating stamp M, and thus the date of issue is stamped on the right hand part of the ticket; then the handle 0 is released, the punch-holder is pressed upward by the springs K, and the dating stamp is pressed upward by its spring N, and the punches J are raised by the bottom flange of the plate J The spring D which was brought in tension by lowering the bar 0 throws the lever D in the direction of the arrow 00,whereby the slide E is moved in the same direction. The rules E and E connected with the shifting slide E, push the ticket out of the slot B, the right hand end being delivered upon the cover B and the left hand end passing under the hinged cover B which is still raised, and dropping into the drawer compartment A When the lever D is just completing its stroke it moves the slide G in the direction of the arrow as, permitting the hinged cover 13 to drop. Another ticket can then be punched in the manner described.

The ticket is punched on the line an, Fig. 12, I

the part 0 ishanded to the purchaser, and the part-p has dropped into the compartment A of the drawer A That part of the ticket that is handed to the purchaser rests upon chaser, shows that the ticket is a full tare ticket, as the words Full fare only appear on the face of the same. It further shows that it is for a way train, that it was issued at Tomona and is valid to the station of Hermit,as no other stations appear beyond Hermit on the ticket. The back of the ticket q, Fig. 13, states that that side is notvalid and that the front side should be seen. The party) of the ticket, Fig. 12, that drops into the drawer compartment A shows on its back that the ticket was issued from Tomona to Hermit. As the valid side of the ticket that is dropped into the drawer compartment is for half fare, this is a proof that the ticket issued was a full fare ticket, and thus the auditor can control the number of tickets sold and the points for which they were issued. In case a half fare ticket is to be issued, the ticket is reversed when placed upon the shifting slide E, the

side shown in Fig. 13 being at the top. Otherwise the ticket is inserted and punched in the manner described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a ticket-punching apparatus, the combination, with a series of vertical punches arranged in two groups, there being a number of punches in each group, of acutter between the two groups and at right angles to the line of punches, substantially as set forth.

2. In a ticket-punching apparatus, the combination, with a series of punches inline and arranged in two groups which are separated a short distance from each other,of a slide mounted above the punches and a lever for forcing down said slide and the punches below it, substantially as set forth.

3. In a ticket-punchingapparatus, the combination, with a series of punches arranged in line and two groups which are separated a short distance from each other, of a ticketadjusting slide mounted to slide in the front of said punches and parallel with the same, and provided with prongs against which the ends of the ticket to be punched can rest, and a slide above the punches, and a lever for forcing down said slide and the punches below it, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a ticket-punching apparatus, the combination, with a series of punches arranged in line and in two groups which are separated a short distance from each other, of atoothed slide in front of the punches, having prongs for guiding the ticket, a spring-pawl engaging the teeth of the slide, a slide above the punches and a lever for forcing down said slide and the punches below it, substantially as set forth.

5. The co1nbination,with aseries of punches arranged in line and in two groups, which are separated a short distance from each other, of a punch-holder having a groove above the punches, a block or plate sliding in said groove, and with an adjacent slide in front of the punch-holder, said ticket-adjusting slide being connected with the sliding block in the groove of the punch-holder, and a lever for forcing down said sliding block and the punches below it, substantially as set forth.

6. In a ticket-punching apparatus, the 00111- bination with a vertically-movable punchholder, of punches in the same, a pivoted cutting blade below the punch-holder, a fixed blade adjacent to the pivoted cutting blade, and a lever for forcing down the punchholder and blade, substantially as set forth.

7. In a ticket-punching apparatus, the combination, with a punch-holder, of a row of punches in the same, a shaft provided with a plate above the punch holder, a handle on said shaft, a bar projecting downward from the handle, a pivoted lever connected with said bar, a ticket shifting slide connected with said lever, a hinged section in front of the punch lever, means substantially as herein described for operating said hinged section, and aslide operated by the lever connected with the bar projecting downward from the handle, substantially as set forth.

8. In a ticket-punchin g apparatus, the combination with a punch-holder, of a row of punches in the same,a shaft provided with a plate above the punch holder, a handle on said shaft, a bar projecting downward from the handle, a pivoted lever connected with said bar, a ticket shifting slide connected with said lever, an additional slidemechanism substantially as shown and described for operating said additional slide from said'lever' and a hinged cover section actuated by said additional slide, substantially as set forth.

9. In a ticket-punching apparatus, the combination as herein described, with a punchholder, of a row of punches in the same, a

rocking-shaft having a plate forforcing down the punch-holder, a handle on said shaft, a bar projecting downward from the handle and a swinging lever actuated by said bar, and a ticket-shifter connected with said lever, substantially as set forth.

10. In aticket punchingapparatus,the combination, with the punch-holder, a series of punches in the same,a shaft provided with a plate above the punches, a ticket-shifter, levers connecting the ticket-shifter with a handle lever of the bar above the punch holders, a separate ticket-lifting lever adjacent to the ticket-shifter, and a slide above the punches, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARL MARIA DANNER.

Witnesses:

EDMUND J USSEN, OTTO SCHIFFER. 

